ANDREW BYRNE is a composer and arts programmer based in Naarm (Melbourne) whose creative work betrays a fascination with systems and process-based procedures. Currently, he serves as a musical co-director of Astra Music and runs The Eleventh Hour Theatre, a performance space in Fitzroy.

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ASTRA MUSIC - Andrew has been appointed musical co-director of Astra. 2024 season.
THE ELEVENTH HOUR - a performance space in Fitzroy, Melbourne, directed by Andrew, was launched in July 2023. The venue features adventurous music-making with an emphasis on experimental music.
PATTERNS OF PLANTS - the second program for Astra featured new arrangements of Mamoru Fujieda’s Patterns of Plants. Videos
THE RATIONAL MELODIES PROJECT - a program I curated with Astra Music in August 2022 included the Australian premiere of Tom Johnson’s Rational Melodies (complete) with responses by Warren Burt, David Chesworth, Wally Gunn, Kate Neal and Catherine Schieve. Videos
ANTICS & ANTIQUES: Music by Andrew (Astra Quarter-Hour Concert #10)
ANTS, for video and percussion, seven algorithmic melodies based on the cellular automaton Langton’s Ant
PIANOINTERNO reimagining the grand piano as a percussion and string instrument
REVIEW in Limelight Magazine of Andrew’s piece Ghosts in the Machine, performed by Syzygy Ensemble at Melbourne Recital Centre in 2019